Luxembourg – Remich railway line

Luxembourg – Remich
Route length:	27.265 km
Gauge :	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Maximum slope :	35  ‰
Minimum radius :	45 m
Legend from Echternach 0.0 Luxembourg train station (station forecourt) 0.9 Metz – Luxembourg Namur – Luxembourg Pétange – Luxembourg 2.2 Howald 3.5 Hesperange 4.8 Alzingen 5.7 Berchem – Ötringen 9.0 Hamlet-la-tour from Bettembourg 12.6 Aspelt 15.5 Altwies 16.6 Mondorf / Bad to Diedenhofen 20.0 Ellange 23.0 Scheierbierg 27.2 Remich 186 m

The narrow-gauge railway Luxembourg – Remich was a 27.3 km long narrow-gauge railway line that connected the capital Luxembourg with the Moselle wine village of Remich . In Mondorf it had a connection to the 26 km long narrow-gauge railway to Diedenhofen ( Diedenhofen – Mondorf ) and in Aspelt to Bettembourg, 10.2 km away .

history

The line was opened on February 20, 1882 by the Luxembourg secondary railways and was in operation until the end of the winter timetable 1954/55 on May 22, 1955. It was thus the longest-running Jhangeli , the network of narrow-gauge railways in Luxembourg .

The route ran in town across the street, so the route ended, for example, on the Luxembourg station forecourt , outside mostly parallel to the country road. Separate routes were only built due to the steep incline, for example between Mondorf and Remich over the Scheuerberg. Until recently, the route was served by steam locomotives , but since the mid-1930s it has also been served by diesel railcars from the Familleureux company . During the entire operating time, both goods and people were transported.

Almost all stations were within built-up areas, i.e. within localities, only the Scheierbierg station was in an open field. The station owes its existence to the gypsum quarry on Hiewelbierg, just under a kilometer to the north, to which a horse-drawn tram led. The mine’s annual report from 1883 shows that 260 tons of gypsum were transported to Luxembourg and around 200 tons to Remich that year . In addition to plaster, alabaster was also mined. The business was closed in 1948 for economic reasons. Erpeldingen , which is about the same distance, also benefited from the nearby train station. The train stations in Ellange and Remich were a little above the town.

Today the Bad Mondorf – Remich part has been developed as a cycle path, as this part had a separate route.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rail.lu
2. ↑ http://www.rail.lu/familleureux.html
3. ↑ Ierpeldenger Gipswee. (PDF) The Jhangeli narrow-gauge railway. Bous Congregation, October 2009, p. 21 , accessed May 29, 2018 .  
4. ↑ Information board at the Scheierbierg station
5. ^ Ponts et Chaussées, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( Memento of June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive )